Woman injured when her car hits train

A woman was injured this afternoon when her car struck a moving train on Whitney Street.

Fire officials said the woman suffered only minor injuries, although her car sustained heavy front-end damage.

Fire officials said they were called to the railroad crossing around 1:30 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital; fire officials did not identify her.

The train was moving at the time of the accident. Fire officials did not identify the owner of the train but said it was traveling on tracks owned by the Providence and Worcester Railroad. Some fluids were spilled from the car, but the train was not significantly damaged, fire officials said.